Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 2
यदग्निबिंदुना पृच्छि माधवो दैत्यसूदनः । तस्योत्तरं समाख्याहि यथाख्यातं मधुद्विषा
yadagnibiṃdunā pṛcchi mādhavo daityasūdanaḥ | tasyottaraṃ samākhyāhi yathākhyātaṃ madhudviṣā
അഗ്നിബിന്ദു ദൈത്യസൂദനനായ മാധവനോട് ചോദിച്ചതിന്, മധുദ്വിഷൻ പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ തന്നെയുള്ള മറുപടി വിവരിക്കൂ.
Agastya
Listener: Skanda (implied)
Scene: A sage requests that the divine reply be recounted exactly; the name ‘Daityasūdana’ evokes Viṣṇu’s protective aspect, suggesting a subtle aura of power behind the calm scholastic exchange.
FAQs
Faithful transmission of divine instruction—‘as it was spoken’—is treated as essential to preserving dharma and māhātmya.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it frames the forthcoming teaching connected to Kāśī’s sacred context.
None directly; it is a narrative request to recount the authoritative answer.